“The image of family life in the play represents a different story of experience” (McFarland 3). There was no happy ending for King Lear and I believe Shakespeare used this to show people that evil exists in the world. It also shows that when the distribution of power arises, people will go beyond their expectations to get what they want. Goneril's lust for power was satisfied from the first scene, but the lust she had for Edmund was never satisfied, even until her death. “Goneril and Regan are vicious and unfaithful to each other” and Goneril is the one who turns against his sister and the alliance they both had in the first scene has been destroyed (Cohen 5). When reading King Lear, the audience can see how Goneril was willing to give up her kingdom for the desires of a man who was not loyal to her. Shakespeare shows the reader that one day evil will turn against him.